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nsa official says: nsa signals intelligence activities? are designed to acquire, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information net capables and intentions or activities of foreign powers and their agents, foreign organizations, foreign persons, blah blah blah. and any immix indication that nsa's collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is dead wrong. >> how chose to white house justify this. >> the president's spy agencies are not just interested in communication to and from a terror target. they're interested in information about the target. so when that comes up in an e-mail send from an american to someone overseas it's fair game to symptom but it has to cross the border. it can't be an e-mail to someone else inside the country. "the new york times" says that nsa computers search nearly all cross-border text data for dewords and save e-mail or instant mess imagines so analysts can examine them. jay carny says anything not related to an investigation is deleted. >> the purpose of the program is to investigate and potentially
nsa official says: nsa signals intelligence activities? are designed to acquire, produce, and disseminate foreign intelligence information net capables and intentions or activities of foreign powers and their agents, foreign organizations, foreign persons, blah blah blah. and any immix indication that nsa's collection is arbitrary and unconstrained is dead wrong. >> how chose to white house justify this. >> the president's spy agencies are not just interested in communication to and...
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in a statement the nsa said in part, quote, when the nsa makes a mistake in carrying out its foreign intelligence mission, the agency reports the issue internally and to federal otherseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. the post says edward snowden provided them the documents earlier this summer. in a statement, meanwhile, he said the media is being, quote, misled about his situation. snowden says his father and his father's wife's attorney do not represent him in any way. >> turning now to egypt, marches are planned for today. right now, more than 600 protesters are confirmed dead in those clashes with security forces and president obama has issued a stern rebuke to egypt's leader. it's now 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon there, any kind indication of more violence today? >>> good morning, just a short while ago friday prayers wrapped up. members of the muslim brotherhood and others called for a day of rage and marches. there have been no reports of clashes or violence yet. we're expecting the day to be very long. the police have deployed the military and personnel carriers t
in a statement the nsa said in part, quote, when the nsa makes a mistake in carrying out its foreign intelligence mission, the agency reports the issue internally and to federal otherseers and aggressively gets to the bottom of it. the post says edward snowden provided them the documents earlier this summer. in a statement, meanwhile, he said the media is being, quote, misled about his situation. snowden says his father and his father's wife's attorney do not represent him in any way. >>...
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perhaps the nsa is doing things it was not supposed to do. >> ed, does the nsa have any credible defense when they say, look, some of this stuff is unintended, like human error. they will plug in something. there will be a typo and they will observe somebody, eavesdrop or collect some sort of intelligence because of that. >> sure. it will be a defense. they will have to show that to lawmakers very quickly when they get back in september. you will see a series of moves to overhaul the place or put more protections in place. they will have to be pretty transparent about the the types of minimal or, you know, minor mistakes as they say and show lawmakers it was a mere typo, it's not a big deal. whether lawmakers will believe them, we will have to see. >> let's see what the president had to say in a press conference at the white house. here it is. >> i am comfortable that the program is currently not being abused. i'm comfortable that the american people examined exactly what was taking place, how it was being used, what the safeguards were, that they would say, you know what, these folks ar
perhaps the nsa is doing things it was not supposed to do. >> ed, does the nsa have any credible defense when they say, look, some of this stuff is unintended, like human error. they will plug in something. there will be a typo and they will observe somebody, eavesdrop or collect some sort of intelligence because of that. >> sure. it will be a defense. they will have to show that to lawmakers very quickly when they get back in september. you will see a series of moves to overhaul...
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surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the military. the pentagon is preparing new rules, but there is an agreement on how to end the crisis. i go one-on-one with one of the lawmakers pushing for change, missouri senatorir
surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the military. the pentagon is preparing new...
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. >>> the father of nsa leaker edward snowden says he's not saying when he will visit russia. edward snowden has been charged in federal court with violations of the espionage act. >>> new articles gifl giving a fresh perspective of the march in washington for jobs and freedom at the height of the civil rights movement. the saturday evening post covered civil rights extensively in the '50s and '60s and has released a column called "it's our country, too" and it's about how the march actually began a full 22 years earlier with the protests that were planned but never actually happened. joining me now is jeff neilson as well as james peterson, professor of studies at lehigh university and an msnbc contributor. gentlemen, good to have you both here. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, alex. >> jeff, the retrospective article includes the discussion with walter white. what happened there? talk about what happened all the way back to 1940 and people have to remember what time this was. this was a full year before pearl harbor, a much different time. >> that's right. at this poi
. >>> the father of nsa leaker edward snowden says he's not saying when he will visit russia. edward snowden has been charged in federal court with violations of the espionage act. >>> new articles gifl giving a fresh perspective of the march in washington for jobs and freedom at the height of the civil rights movement. the saturday evening post covered civil rights extensively in the '50s and '60s and has released a column called "it's our country, too" and it's...
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the nsa is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer. and released information that details its mission, authorities and oversight. and finally the intelligence community is creating a web site that will serve as a hub for further transparency. and this will give americans and the world the ability to learn more about what our intelligence communities does and what it doesn't do; how it carries out its mission; and why it does so. fourth, we're forming a high-level group of outside experts to review our entire intelligence communications technologies. we need new thinking for a newera. we now have to unravel terrorist plots by finding a needle in a hey stake of global telecommunications. and meanwhile technology has given governments, including our own, unprecedented capability to monitor communications. so i'm tasking this independent group to step back and review our capabilities. particularly our surveillance technologies. and they'll consider how we can maintain the trust of the people, how we can make sure that they're absolutely is
the nsa is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer. and released information that details its mission, authorities and oversight. and finally the intelligence community is creating a web site that will serve as a hub for further transparency. and this will give americans and the world the ability to learn more about what our intelligence communities does and what it doesn't do; how it carries out its mission; and why it does so. fourth, we're forming a...
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frankly, in the nsa snooping. >> yeah. i'm so disgusted with the mainstream media to have an opportunity to do followup questions and really pinning down the president and asking him, because as you point out, this is the third week running where he still pooh-poohs the benghazi scandal and the government snooping on us scandals. and nobody is asking him what scandals are you characterizing as being phony? i wish the press would do a better job to pin him down and making him answer to the people whom he is serving. what does he mean when he says that the things that we are so concerned about, he pooh-poohs them and act like it's no big darn deal. >> eric: another topic yesterday. president obama had his first solo press conference in many, many months. take a listen to what he said about transparency. listen. >> we have to strike the right balance between protecting our security and presevening our freedoms. >> eric: so, more than one founding father said those willing to give up a little bit of security, a little bit of f
frankly, in the nsa snooping. >> yeah. i'm so disgusted with the mainstream media to have an opportunity to do followup questions and really pinning down the president and asking him, because as you point out, this is the third week running where he still pooh-poohs the benghazi scandal and the government snooping on us scandals. and nobody is asking him what scandals are you characterizing as being phony? i wish the press would do a better job to pin him down and making him answer to the...
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you heard him mention one of the challenges they're dealing with, nsa leaker edward snowden. no surprise there. the man wanted in this united states for leaking sensitive information about secret surveillance and russia granting him asylum this week. then president obama canceled his upcoming meeting with russian president putin, saying in a statement there wasn't enough progress in their bilateral agenda. now, we're getting a look at the reaction inside russia. "time" magazine's reporting kremlin insiders never meant for the snowden situation to go as far as it did and that the invitation for mr. obama to visit still stands. there are liberals in moscow who are truly disappointed saying that president obama is neglecting his chance to reach out to them. how should the u.s. react? ambassador john bolton back to us, former ambassador to the united nations. why are you laughing? >> this is a classic example of the russians spinning basically the insult they've administered to the united states by granting snowden temporary asylum. i think they knew exactly what the impact was,
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now to the latest on the nsa scandal. the general in charge of the agency wants to stop leaks coming from folks like edward snowden by replacing the i.t. guys with the machines those i.t. guys general live watch. >> do you read me? do you read me, signal. >> affirmative, dave. i read you. >> open the pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave. i'm afraid i can't do that. >> hal, i won't argue with you anymore. open the doors. >> dave, this conversation can serve in purpose anymore. goodbye. >> hal? hal? >> okay, so maybe it won't be that bad. but i'm just telling you, putting your face in machine will -- well, put your faith in man. mike huckabee says machines won't fix the problem. >> i was so glad to see you would that clip from "2001." it does remind me that sometimes maybe we should get some machines to do things because humans can be even more stubborn than hal was. >> neil: with the way, machine -- no one thought an individual was collecting these phone records. >> right. >> neil: buttons were pushed and they got the ph
now to the latest on the nsa scandal. the general in charge of the agency wants to stop leaks coming from folks like edward snowden by replacing the i.t. guys with the machines those i.t. guys general live watch. >> do you read me? do you read me, signal. >> affirmative, dave. i read you. >> open the pod bay doors, hal. >> i'm sorry, dave. i'm afraid i can't do that. >> hal, i won't argue with you anymore. open the doors. >> dave, this conversation can serve...
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the latest nsa leak is a bombshell. we're now learning the government's broken the rules on spying again and again. thousands of times per year. but officials have at the national security agency say, mistakes happen. don't worry about it. another bloody and deadly day in egypt. we'll show you how the gunfire got so intense it forced people to jump off a bridge. and lou should the white house handle this mess now? plus, listen to this. a new study is out that shows lap computers actually hurt kids' grades in school. it finds that students who use pencil and paper get higher marks. the reason for
the latest nsa leak is a bombshell. we're now learning the government's broken the rules on spying again and again. thousands of times per year. but officials have at the national security agency say, mistakes happen. don't worry about it. another bloody and deadly day in egypt. we'll show you how the gunfire got so intense it forced people to jump off a bridge. and lou should the white house handle this mess now? plus, listen to this. a new study is out that shows lap computers actually hurt...
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this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read through them all but there is a lot more domestic and international spying that the nsa does that even people in congress don't know about that we're going to continue to report very aggressively. >> i want to ask you a question about something that's just breaking in the last 24 hours as well because have you been outspoken for the need for gay rights. here snowden is now in russia which is saying to gay olympians that they will be prosecuted under the russian law. how do you feel as good as you obviously feel about what russia has done to grant asylum to mr. snowden, how do you
this encryption technology takes even the nsa many years to crack. and so the idea that the russians and chinese government can somehow pull out of the ether extremely encrypted data is the stuff of science fiction which no one would take seriously who has knowledge of how encryption works. >> i want to ask you about exkey score. that's the more kree cest recen reports. >> more to come? >> yeah, there are so many documents that we have. it has taken us quite a while to read...
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the nsa program is successful. yesterday the president is allowing edward snowden to pull the puppet strings. this man is a traitor to our country and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. for the last two months since this issue has been out there, the president has been awol, m.i.a. he's been silent. you have saxby chambliss, myself, no president. in a time of war to be setting up a task force to tell him what he should be doing. can you imagine harry truman, winston church hill doing this? every program we have is always susceptible to reform. to be silent about it and suddenly jump because edward snowden has revealed secrets and put our country at risk, it's somehow like a moral equivalency. i wish he showed the same anger toward edward snowden as he did toward republicans on obama care. there was no outrage there when he was asked do you think he's a patriot? what do you mean you don't think he is? this man's a traitor. to me commander in chief should show much more war time leadership than has b
the nsa program is successful. yesterday the president is allowing edward snowden to pull the puppet strings. this man is a traitor to our country and the president somehow feels he has to cater to him. for the last two months since this issue has been out there, the president has been awol, m.i.a. he's been silent. you have saxby chambliss, myself, no president. in a time of war to be setting up a task force to tell him what he should be doing. can you imagine harry truman, winston church hill...
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you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there. and so, this is part of some of the independent media piece, right, to the extent that independent media gets squeezed, i'm not sure that people are making -- it's like, the american public wants reality tv. well, no, reality television is what's on. so you pick which one of them you want. i guess that's my only concern, do we even have on our menu, independent, long-form sort of deep, in-depth journalism? >> we do, if we seek it. the reality is, and i think, you know, the rise of buzz feed exemplifies this, and also in some ways
you had reporting on the nsa. they were one of the biggest papers, one of the two papers alongside the guardian to issue the leaks. you had editorial pages saying, hold on, we have to stop these leaks. i think as long as there's an adaptation to what the american public wants, then, yeah. >> but i'm not sure that -- so, i hear you on what the american public wants, but that always makes me a little bit nervous, only because part of what we choose from is a menu of options that are there....
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nsa picked up some chatter. it is about time nsa got back to the business they're supposed to be in. secondly, al qaeda has made a point for years now not to use cell phones and other communications. dana made a point before the show maybe they're desperate. my guess is some of it may be just to throw us off. the third thing, if we hadn't closed embassies and something happened, you all would be all over it. and the last thing i will say, embassies have been closed the last 75 years as circumstances dictate. this may be more closures, goes to teddy roosevelt when they closed some. i would not consider this american weakness. and also the yemens, not rogue or research, clearly upset, right winger. >> the bar scene is where all of the freaks hang out. that's the deal. >> dana, critics at the nsa would say this is really convenient for this to happen while the programs are under fire and snowden is embarrassing us, now we can come say look at all that we uncovered. >> i am uncomfortable talking about intelligent th
nsa picked up some chatter. it is about time nsa got back to the business they're supposed to be in. secondly, al qaeda has made a point for years now not to use cell phones and other communications. dana made a point before the show maybe they're desperate. my guess is some of it may be just to throw us off. the third thing, if we hadn't closed embassies and something happened, you all would be all over it. and the last thing i will say, embassies have been closed the last 75 years as...
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congress they are going to examine the latest threat and its effect on nsa programs. it's on "face the nation" at 8:30 on kpix5. >>> bart and union leaders trying to hammer an agreement. >> what officers are doing to make sure you pay up your parking tickets. >>> an interesting day in the weather forecast as we look out at ocean beach. we will see if we can find somebody to stand in front of that board. ,,,,,, >>> starting off with mostly overcast skies over the bay area. you can barely see the bay bridge. wondered if we can see the surf at ocean beach. forecast in a minute. ,, these are the hands a pediatrician. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive. francisco parking enforceme. ites a ticket >>> modern technology is lending a helping hand to san francisco parking enf
congress they are going to examine the latest threat and its effect on nsa programs. it's on "face the nation" at 8:30 on kpix5. >>> bart and union leaders trying to hammer an agreement. >> what officers are doing to make sure you pay up your parking tickets. >>> an interesting day in the weather forecast as we look out at ocean beach. we will see if we can find somebody to stand in front of that board. ,,,,,, >>> starting off with mostly overcast...
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meantime president obama is outlining new rules for the nsa. but will his plan for the agency's controversy surveillance limit its scope. we will take a look at the details. >>> detroit may be the biggest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. as it tries to fight its way back from a full-on collapse seems like the motor city's woes could have a major impact on other cities across the country. >> as we learn that 18 of the 19 embassies and consulate that were closed as a result of an al qaeda terror threat will reopen tomorrow, we will take a look at what motivated the change and what this means for an apparently ongoing threat. >> they had the capacity to go after our embassies. they have the capacity potentially to go after our businesses. they had the capacity to be destabilizing and disruptive in countries where the security apparatus are weak. i should definitely do laundry more often. yeah. by the time i do there's all these mystery stains. i mean is it coffee? could be gravy. yeah. so now i u tide boost with my tide. it's double powerful
meantime president obama is outlining new rules for the nsa. but will his plan for the agency's controversy surveillance limit its scope. we will take a look at the details. >>> detroit may be the biggest u.s. city to ever declare bankruptcy. as it tries to fight its way back from a full-on collapse seems like the motor city's woes could have a major impact on other cities across the country. >> as we learn that 18 of the 19 embassies and consulate that were closed as a result of...
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. >>> tonight, the father of nsa leaker edward snowden is speaking out, saying his son is not a traitor. and though snowden's father says he believes in the american justice system, he does not think his son would get a fair trial if he returns from russia. abc's susan saulny in washington tonight. >> as a father, i want my son to come home. >> reporter: today, in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, father of fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden, said plans have been made to reunite in russia. >> you're going to moscow? >> reporter: bruce fein is the family's lawyer and says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas, we have a date which we won't disclose because of the frenzy. >> reporter: the purpose of trip -- to come up with a criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted in open court for the american people to have all the facts. >> reporter: but the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you consider many of the statements made by our leaders, they have poisoned the wel
. >>> tonight, the father of nsa leaker edward snowden is speaking out, saying his son is not a traitor. and though snowden's father says he believes in the american justice system, he does not think his son would get a fair trial if he returns from russia. abc's susan saulny in washington tonight. >> as a father, i want my son to come home. >> reporter: today, in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, father of fugitive nsa leaker edward...
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the president is feeling the heat, of course, over privacy after edward snowden leaked details of nsa snooping. and russia, of course, has given edward snowden temporary asylum keeping him out of the reach of american law enforcement. let's listen to a sound bite we have from president obama during his press conference yesterday. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is that mr. snowden has been charged with three felon s felonies. if, in fact, he believes that what he did was right, then, like every american citizen, he can come here, appear before the court with a lawyer, and make his case. >> not a patriot, he said, but also admitting that perhaps the reaction and the changes to these programs are happening more swiftly because of the leaks that edward snowden did put out there. >> yeah. i mean, he said that we would get here at this point anyway, but probably not this soon. >> uh-huh. >>> next on "newsroom," the latest on the emotional custody battle between usher and his ex-wife. just days after their 5-year-old son nearly drowned. the great outdoors... ...and
the president is feeling the heat, of course, over privacy after edward snowden leaked details of nsa snooping. and russia, of course, has given edward snowden temporary asylum keeping him out of the reach of american law enforcement. let's listen to a sound bite we have from president obama during his press conference yesterday. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is that mr. snowden has been charged with three felon s felonies. if, in fact, he believes that what he...
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for more on the nsa fallout, david gregory host of "meet the press" is here. david, we just heard americans in kristen's piece, some of whom had a tough time with the idea of government surveillance. does the president van uphill battle here? >> he does to some extent. politically in washington you look at some of the opposition harassment, and he fwhooswhere to the seen today. nbc's luke russert reports. >> reporter: i will be entering a behavior counseling clinic to overgo two weeks of intensive therapy to begin the process of addressing my behavior. >> reporter: the san diego mayor will continue his treatment for sexual harassment as demands for his resignation intensified. latest from brash boeshgs, bob, you have already hurt so many people. you should step down immediately. allegations first surfaced when his communications director wept public last monchts i was placed in the filner headlock and moved around as a rag doll while he whispered sexual comments in my ear. >> reporter: over a dozen women have come forward with similar charges, including a reti
for more on the nsa fallout, david gregory host of "meet the press" is here. david, we just heard americans in kristen's piece, some of whom had a tough time with the idea of government surveillance. does the president van uphill battle here? >> he does to some extent. politically in washington you look at some of the opposition harassment, and he fwhooswhere to the seen today. nbc's luke russert reports. >> reporter: i will be entering a behavior counseling clinic to...
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we heard all the public outcry when he learned how the nsa keeps tabs on us, but there's anger behind the escapes that we're not using this spy tools widely enough. the time quotes intelligence experts who say other government agencies want access to all the secret information the nsa selected. let's take you to the judge. senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. >> at first the government toldes when snowden made his initial revelations the only thing they captured was basic information, billing information,. who you called, when you called, how long you spoke. >> shepard: they lied to us. >> snowden and other nsa whistle-blowers, including one named thomas drake who has been on shows in this building, was prosecuted by the government, and the prosecution was thrown out. reveals the government does have the context of phone calls and e-mails and can read them. this morning we learn that other entities in the federal government are jealous that the nsa has this and they want it. but the dea revealed, the drug enforcement administration, it has received it. so, they have actua
we heard all the public outcry when he learned how the nsa keeps tabs on us, but there's anger behind the escapes that we're not using this spy tools widely enough. the time quotes intelligence experts who say other government agencies want access to all the secret information the nsa selected. let's take you to the judge. senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano. >> at first the government toldes when snowden made his initial revelations the only thing they captured was basic...
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petersburg and move comes after russian authorities granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. it comes this after the president said this last noit in an interview with jay leno. >> i was disappointed because, you know, even though with we don't have an extradition treaty with them. they still help us on supplying our troops in afghanistan and still helping us on counterterrorism work and they were helpful after the boston bombing but there have been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality. >> kristen welker joining me from the white house. some people would interpret this as a diplomatic snub in advance or is this to get putin's attention and maybe things will reverse course by the time the g-20 happens in september? >> reporter: no doubt, thomas, this is a diplomatic snub but white house official say, look. there are other areas of agreement where they can work with russian president putin like afghanistan, for example. this is a diplomatic snub to be sure. the white house has been considering this for quite some time, ever since the sno
petersburg and move comes after russian authorities granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. it comes this after the president said this last noit in an interview with jay leno. >> i was disappointed because, you know, even though with we don't have an extradition treaty with them. they still help us on supplying our troops in afghanistan and still helping us on counterterrorism work and they were helpful after the boston bombing but there have been times where they slip...
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up next, the most effective times report on how the nsa reads your e-mails. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. but you had to leave rightce to now, would you go? world, man: 'oh i can't go tonight' woman: 'i can't.' hero : that's what expedia asked me. host: book the flight but you have to go right now. hero: (laughs) and i just go? this is for real right? this is for real? i always said one day i'd go to china, just...
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. >>> tonight, the father of nsa leaker wed ward snowden is speaking out, telling abc news that his son is not a traitor. and though snowden says he believes in the american justice system, he does not think his son would get a fair trial if he returns from russia. abc's susan saulny in washington tonight. >> as a father, i want my son to come home. >> reporter: today, in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, father of fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden, said plans have been made to reunite in russia. >> you're going to moscow? >> reporter: bruce fein is the family's lawyer and says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas, we have a date which we won't disclose right now because of the frenzy. >> reporter: the purpose of the trip? to come up with a criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted in open court for the american people to have all the facts. >> reporter: but the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you consider many of the statements made by our leaders, they h
. >>> tonight, the father of nsa leaker wed ward snowden is speaking out, telling abc news that his son is not a traitor. and though snowden says he believes in the american justice system, he does not think his son would get a fair trial if he returns from russia. abc's susan saulny in washington tonight. >> as a father, i want my son to come home. >> reporter: today, in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, father of fugitive nsa leaker...
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take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the nsa, the president continually says he wants debate, and continually chooses not to participate in it, certainly not to lead it. i think that's the more important take away from this reminder that al qaeda is still with us and still strong, in many ways expanding, is yes, the president overstated it during the campaign, that's obviously true, but this has real practical policy implications. how we deal with these things is not sort of theoretical. if you look at the people that are experts in this field and look at the arguments that they have been making, it
take a look. >> this is actually what nsa does. we don't know specifically obviously where the intelligence came from, but all of that monitoring of e-mails and internet websites and phone calls, this is what american intelligence is supposed to do. >> at a time when there are a lot of calls for limiting the nsa, does ambassador bolton have a point? >> he does. i think we should hear the president of the united states make that case. what's striking about the debate about the...
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these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled a summit. at some point over russia's refusal to turn edward snowden over, but it's clear they're also sort of sheepish in deciding they do need a new policy. so was it really -- then should they be cancelling summits over this issue? i think that's going to be another question the president is going to have to deal with. >> have you heard anything about the lower-level meetings taking place between secretary kerry and hagel and their russian counterparts today and if that's helping to mend any of the fi fissures? >> well, they are supposedly -- and the
these nsa programs are extremely unpopular in europe, too. it's caused tension between some of the united states' closest allies. it goes beyond russia. obviously, this is the near-term issue we expect to hear the president sort of justify his reasoning of not doing this -- of deciding to skip this summit. it is fascinating now. he's announcing a whole bunch of reforms based on documents that were released by edward snowden. they're announcing all of these new reforms. okay. now we've canceled...
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is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas collections. and if america is in direct contact with that foreign target that means the american's communication will be taken without a warrant, as well. so what is different about this, this is the searching of the content of americans of at least their cross-border communications, and it is happening on u.s. soil without warrants. >> you have real technical detail on how they do it, it is kind of fascinating. they in effect make a kind of clone of the information, and according to the report, hold it briefly, maybe minutes or less. and if they don't find the things they're
is joe schmo one of the guys the nsa is infusing to worry about the e-mail? i saw this piece i was reading, saying haven't i read this before? some of this we have known, haven't we? >> well, we certainly have known that the nsa oversees a collection of a vast amount of internet voice communication and uses the internet to hunt through them. and we know that here on domestic soil where the constitution applies and so forth it does sometimes under the fiza amendment act, target overseas...
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the fact of the matter -- and this is why i said what i said about the nsa business. the president should in the first couple of weeks of the administration, having been briefed on this, said, look, this is what we're doing, this is why we're doing it. you shouldn't really spy on americans without their permission. the polls have showed most americans would support this kind of intelligence operation on americans if it would keep them safer, and i think it probably is. the president has a job. that's to keep americans safe. i don't see how you can keep americans safe without doing things like this once in a while when a credible threat exists. there are very few republicans. the only ones i can think of would be on the intelligence committees that actually have access to anything close to what the president has access to. i have not seen -- it's possible, but i have not seen mike rogers, for example, criticizing the president on this, and he shouldn't. >> one governor, speaking of republicans, lindsey graham was on cnn over the weekend tying the nsa debate to this lat
the fact of the matter -- and this is why i said what i said about the nsa business. the president should in the first couple of weeks of the administration, having been briefed on this, said, look, this is what we're doing, this is why we're doing it. you shouldn't really spy on americans without their permission. the polls have showed most americans would support this kind of intelligence operation on americans if it would keep them safer, and i think it probably is. the president has a job....
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we will talk to the former nsa director michael hayden about the nation's security as the president rallied the troops yesterday. >> here is what those who would cowardly attack our civilians don't get. the united states is never going to retreat from the world. we don't get terrorized. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where officials say they saw no utility in having the president meet with vladimire putin over eric snowden and the disagreements over removal of president assad, and so was this maybe lost in translation. >> this is my last election and after my election, i have more flexibility. >> i understand. >> former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs joins me now and you know the back story and you have been in the meetings, and what is the dynamic between president obama and vladimire putin. >> i don't think that the dynamic is particularly good or strong. you showed president medvedev who president obama had a very strong working relationship with, and quite frankly, i think that president medvedev wanted to bring russia into the internatio
we will talk to the former nsa director michael hayden about the nation's security as the president rallied the troops yesterday. >> here is what those who would cowardly attack our civilians don't get. the united states is never going to retreat from the world. we don't get terrorized. >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington where officials say they saw no utility in having the president meet with vladimire putin over eric snowden and the disagreements over removal of...
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this is the nsa version of the apology -- of the obama apology tour this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and the president is allowing edward snowden, the traitor to pull the pub et strings. >> here to talk to us, let's go to jessica first. jessica, you were there, you were at the news conference today. we heard the president make this promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks, but is that really realistic? >> well, as you point out, wolf, he did say that he wanted more transparency back, in may he said that. that was right before edward snowden's first leak was in june. so his assertion is that the leaks sped up the process that was going to happen anyway. well, we also have to take a bigger look at the big picture, which is does snowden lead to the new safeguards put in place? two democratic senators have been calling for more transparency and everyone reforms for more than a year now. senators widen and udol have been demanding it and when the head of the intelligence committee, he admitt
this is the nsa version of the apology -- of the obama apology tour this is a successful program. the nsa program is successful and the president is allowing edward snowden, the traitor to pull the pub et strings. >> here to talk to us, let's go to jessica first. jessica, you were there, you were at the news conference today. we heard the president make this promise that it's going to become more transparent. he says it was already happening before the snowden leaks, but is that really...
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>> well the nsa has a lost intelligence gathering programs. that's its business. it spies on foreigners. despite the hoopla we heard, it focuses own americans only if there is a connection with foreign enemies, foreign terrorist or foreign espionage activity. so i would be surprised if one of the nsa's electronic service programs wasn't involved. whether it was prism or x key stroke or the telephone logs that have been the subject of controversy. we don't know. but i tell you, going forward, it seems to me that those programs are ideally designed to try and help nsa and the government as a whole, put together these bits and pieces of information to tell us more of what the actual target of this might be. >> if the nsa program was indeed responsible for uncovering a terrorist plot, do you think, in the mind of many americans, their opinions about the surveillance by nsa will change? they may say, wait a minute. this does justify and vindicate the program in uncovering terrorist plots? >> i certainly hope so as more information comes out, whether we want it to or no
>> well the nsa has a lost intelligence gathering programs. that's its business. it spies on foreigners. despite the hoopla we heard, it focuses own americans only if there is a connection with foreign enemies, foreign terrorist or foreign espionage activity. so i would be surprised if one of the nsa's electronic service programs wasn't involved. whether it was prism or x key stroke or the telephone logs that have been the subject of controversy. we don't know. but i tell you, going...
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new allegations rock the nsa. documents leaked why former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations by the agency after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. >> john: we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. then, another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi leaves hundreds of people dead. >> our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. thee'll discuss the deteriorating situation in the region and the u.s. response with republican congressman pete king of new york and democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. plus, another delay for the president's healthcare law forces the obama administration to play defense. >> this is no longer a political debate. this is what we call the law. >> the pr
new allegations rock the nsa. documents leaked why former nsa contractor edward snowden detail thousands of privacy violations by the agency after repeated denials from the white house. >> what you are not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. >> john: we'll discuss with a key member of the homeland security committee and critic of the nsa kentucky senator rand paul. then, another week of chaos in egypt as the interim government's crackdown on supporters...
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he can't escape the snowden case, the nsa leaker's father delivering that harsh rebuke. but from the white house so far, no comment. president obama in vacation mode on a ven vin golf course, showing a bit of frustration after missing a putt, while nsa leaker edward snowden as father appeared on a sunday among talk show, taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labelled his son a traitor. >> my son has spoken the truth and sacrificed more than the president of the united states or peter king ever. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is he's been charged with three felonies. >> reporter: now snowden's father says he and his attorney will be traveling to russia soon to help his son fight those charges. >> reporter: it's the frenzy that lon snowden claims will make it difficult for his son to get a fair hearing if he returns to the u.s. >> i want my son to come home if the justice system that we're afforded as americans is going to be applied correctly. >> reporter: snowden says that they have poisoned the well, making it difficult t
he can't escape the snowden case, the nsa leaker's father delivering that harsh rebuke. but from the white house so far, no comment. president obama in vacation mode on a ven vin golf course, showing a bit of frustration after missing a putt, while nsa leaker edward snowden as father appeared on a sunday among talk show, taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labelled his son a traitor. >> my son has spoken the truth and sacrificed more than the president of the...
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telling us what exactly the nsa does might be a nice next step, you guys. >>> good tuesday morning. right now on "first look," the west continues to be a tinderbox as crews battle on. >>> caroline kennedy's personal financial records released for the first time. >>> james dimaggio leaves life insurance money to hannah anderson's family. >>> legendary dick vandyke survives an accident. prince will criminal dwush william gushes about baby george. david beckham gets back to business and the marine gets the ncaa to bend. >>> good morning. i'm mara schiavocampo. we start in the west where it's man versus nature. firefighters report some progress in that massive growing wildfire in central idaho. the flames are threatening at least three communities, forcing thousands to flee. jay gray reports from near the fire line in haley, idaho. >> reporter: the fight against the beaver creek wildfire continues for a 13th day this morning in the idaho mountains. the massive blaze fanning out in several directions right now, pushed by strong winds and with no shortage of dried out brush for fuel. it's
telling us what exactly the nsa does might be a nice next step, you guys. >>> good tuesday morning. right now on "first look," the west continues to be a tinderbox as crews battle on. >>> caroline kennedy's personal financial records released for the first time. >>> james dimaggio leaves life insurance money to hannah anderson's family. >>> legendary dick vandyke survives an accident. prince will criminal dwush william gushes about baby george....
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, coverage of the nsa program or to kind of obscure human intelligence, assets, and saying it was signals intelligence? >> sure, first to fran's point it's totally true this is one of many and one piece of information in a broad collection that the u.s. intelligence community has engaged in. this meeting was significant according to officials and reports in both "the new york times" and lots of other outlets because it was where the vague discussion of impending attack was discussed and if you look at the embassy closings around the world it matches the people on the call. so you can sort of understand why the u.s. government took such a broad approach. as for it being motivations in taking the risk, i can't speak to that. some of them they take risks on. this seems to be a risk they didn't take. as far as some of the other reporters linking this to the nsa and snowden and what have you, it's important to point out the programs disclosed by snowden are not related to this particular communication particularly intercepted. they are about collecting information, domestically and it's not re
, coverage of the nsa program or to kind of obscure human intelligence, assets, and saying it was signals intelligence? >> sure, first to fran's point it's totally true this is one of many and one piece of information in a broad collection that the u.s. intelligence community has engaged in. this meeting was significant according to officials and reports in both "the new york times" and lots of other outlets because it was where the vague discussion of impending attack was...
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plan that the president said was in the works before edward snowden leaked secret nsa documents to the press. >> there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response. i actually think we would have gotten to the same place and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at martha's vineyard where the president is expected to arrive shortly. kristen, good to see you. >> reporter: good to see you, too, craig. >> what can we expect from president obama after his vacation? >> reporter: well, craig, i think you're going to hear a lot more about the nsa, as you heard the president say and as you just mentioned. he mapped out sort of his strategy moving forward, announced the fact that there need to be steps taken to enhance transparency of that controversial surveillance program. so he really started to enumerate what he wants to see happen, yesterday during that news conference, take a look at some of what he mapped out. working with congress to reform the nsa program that collects telephone da
plan that the president said was in the works before edward snowden leaked secret nsa documents to the press. >> there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response. i actually think we would have gotten to the same place and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at martha's vineyard where the president is expected to arrive shortly. kristen, good to see you. >> reporter:...